The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-22

to Be done. And, o. what was his 10y
when Ut the end Of six months, he returned
and the old house was enlarged and in
proved and glorifiej.
That is your body. 1t looks wen now
al the rooms filed with health, and We
could hardly make a suggestion. But
after awhile your soul will go on 10 the
Holy Land, and while you are gone the
old house Of your tabefnacle will be recol.
structed from cellar to atie, and every
nerve, muscle and bone and tissue and
artery must be hauled over, and the old
structure will be FURNISHED and adorned
and raised and cupolaed and enlarged,
and all the improvements Of Heaven in
PRODUCED. and you will move into it on res
direction day.
For We know that II our earthly house Of this
tabernacle were dissolved we have Q buildine
Of God house not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens.
O, what a day when body and soul meet
againl They are very fond Of each other.
Did your body ever have pain aud your
soul not pity iti or your body have Q 10y
and your soul not re-echo it, or changing
the question, did your soul ever have any
trouble and your body not sympathize
depressing influence Or did your soul
ever have gladness but your body cele.
brated it with kindled eye and cheek and
elastic stepl Surely God never intended
two such good friends to be very long
separated.
And so when the worlds last Easter
morning shall come the soul will des cend,
crying. Where is my bodyl" and the
body viii sscend, saying. "Where is my
soulr' and the Lord Of resurrection will
bring them together, and it will be .
perfect soul In . perfect body, intro.
duced by a perfect Christ into q perfect
Heaven.
Victory! Do you wonder that today We
swathe this house with garlandsl Do you
wonder we celebrate it with the most con.
centrated voice Of song that we can in
vite, and with the deftest fingers on organ
or cornet, and with the doxologles that
beat these arches with the pillows Of
sound as the sea smites the basalt of
Giants Causeway! Only the bad disap-
prove Of the resurrection.
A cruel heather warrior heard Mr.
Monat, the missionary, preach about the
resurrection, and he said to the mission.
ary:
"Will my father rise in the last dayr'
"Yes," said the missionary.
twill all the dead in battle riser' said
the cruel chieftain.
Yes" said the missionary.
"Then," said the warrior, ''les me hear
no more about the resurrection day. There
can be no resurrection, there shall be no
resurrection. l have slain thousands in
battle. Will they rises,
All, there will be more to rise on that
day than those want to see whose crimes
have never been repented Of But for all
others who allowed Christ to be their par.
don, and their life. and their ressurrec-
ton, it will be day of victory.
The thunders Of the last day will be the
salvo that greets you into harbor. The
lightnings will be only the torches of tri-
umphal procession marching down to
escort you home The burning worlds
flashing through immensely will be the
rockets celebrating your coron alton
on thrones where you will reign
forever and forever and forever.
Where is DEATH What have we to do with
death! As your reunited body and soul
swing OF from this planet on that last day
you will see deep gashes all up and down
the hills, deep gsshes all through the val.
legs, and they will be the emptied graves,
they will be the abandoned sepulchres,
with rough ground tossed on either side
Of them. and slabs will lie uneven on the
rent hillocks and there will be fallen
monuments and cenotaphs, and then. for
the first time, you will appreciate the full
exhilaration Of the text:
He will swallow up death in victory.
Hail the Lord Of earth and heaveni
Praise to Thee by both be given;
Thee We greet triumphant now,
Hail the resurrection Thou.